Locks – Special application – For portable articles
Patent
1993-11-08
1995-05-09
Cuomo, Peter M.
Locks
Special application
For portable articles
292 99, 292121, 292DIG20, 31233432, E05C 1910, E05B 6552
Patent
active
054129605
ABSTRACT:
A lock structure for use on an enclosure having first and second sections which are assembled and disassembled by a relative rectilinear telescopic sliding engagement including a first channel having a first web and a first pair of legs secured to the first section, a latch pivotally mounted on the first channel and being biased by a spring to a locking position, a second channel having a second web and a second pair of legs secured to the second section so that the first pair of legs fit between the second pair of legs when the first and second sections are being moved into assembled relationship, and an end on one of the second legs for functioning as a keeper for the latch when the first and second sections are in fully assembled relationship.
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James Brent A.
James Garrick D.
Cuomo Peter M.
Dino Suzanne L.
Diversified Control, Inc.
Gastel Joseph P.
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